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Definition of Shopping

1. Noun. Searching for or buying goods or services. "Does her shopping at the mall rather than down town"

2. Noun. The commodities purchased from stores. "Women carrying home shopping didn't give me a second glance"

Definition of Shopping

1. Verb. (present participle of shop) ¹

2. Noun. Searching for or buying goods or services. ¹

3. Noun. Recently bought goods. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shopping

1. the act of one that shops [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shopping

shoplike shopmaid shopmaids shopman shopmen shopowner shoppe shopped shoppers shoppes

shoppier shoppiest shoppily shoppiness shopping (current term) shopping-cart shopping agent shopping bag shopping basket shopping baskets

shopping bot shopping bots shopping cart shopping carts shopping center shopping centers shopping centre shopping centres shopping guide

Literary usage of Shopping

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adventure Guide to Tampa Bay and Florida's West Coast by Chelle Koster Walton (2003)
"shopping Naples' renowned shopping has spread throughout the city, in old restored downtown areas and new, fashionable shopping plazas. ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"shopping and shoppers. 26: 352-7. ... Greater pleasure in shopping. M. Rittenberg. ... Xcr also Christmas shopping. Shops and schools, Cooperation of. ..."

3. The Virginia Handbook by Blair Howard (2001)
"shopping Tappahannock and Essex County offer a number of shopping opportunities, especially antique shops. Although there are no giant malls and department ..."

4. Adventure Guide to Bermuda by Blair Howard (2004)
"shopping I here are four main shopping areas in Bermuda: the City of ... Perhaps the most obvious place to go shopping in the city is the Washington Mall. ..."

5. The New New York: A Commentary on the Place and the People by John Charles Van Dyke, Joseph Pennell (1909)
"After luncheon the shopping is continued, or a matinée at the theater is ... There is a difference in the shopping crowds, dependent upon the places where ..."

6. The New New York: A Commentary on the Place and the People by John Charles Van Dyke, Joseph Pennell (1909)
"After luncheon the shopping is continued, or a matinée at the theater is ... There is a difference in the shopping crowds, dependent upon the places where ..."

7. Valentine's Manual of Old New Yorkby New York (N.Y.). Common Council by New York (N.Y.). Common Council (1916)
"In a big city like New York the shopping district cannot be restricted to any given ... For instance, we have a very important shopping district in the ..."

8. Textiles and Clothing by Ellen Beers McGowan, Charlotte Augusta Waite, A. (1919)
"Ethics of shopping. — There are some bad habits into which a large part of the ... Bad shopping habits. —• These are the stretching of the delivery and ..."

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